The Atlantic Federation

The Atlantic Federation is the pre-eminent super power of the New Earth Governments and while it isn't 1st in every category of measurement, all of the other world NEGs find themselves playing chase and catch-up with the Federation. The Federation is nominally a Representative Republic, though it's member states are widely different in their selection of representatives. Some regions are traditionally popular democratic elections, others are monarchies, or dictatorships. So long as a state pays lip service to the Federation charter, maintains certain levels of human rights and so forth, it is largely free to do as it wishes. The Federation is known for it's unabashed militarism, space exploration program and being the first NEG, the pioneer of hypertechnology, and the point of origin for the CogNet. 

Member States

North America:

Commonwealth of New England

Republic of the Great Lakes

Quebec

Canada

Confederation of Southern States

Republic of Texas

Rocky Mountain Republic

Federal District of Mexico

League of Caribbean Island-Nations

Europe:

The British Isles

France

Germany

Benelux Compact

Switzerland

Africa:

Greater Liberia

Satrapy of Ghana

Satrapy of the Ivory Coast

Nigerian Union

African Republic of Camaroon

Other:

Falkland Islands

Greenland

Tranquility, Lunar State

Serenity, Lunar State

Tycho, Lunar State

Olympus, Martian State


HistoryThe Atlantic Federation began as a collection of friendly (at least to each other) arcologies scattered across the eastern part of North America and Western Europe. Communications were maintained through archaic undersea lines, satellites, and through a system of alternative power ships and electric propelled solar powered zeppelins. These arcological city-states started sharing information, and then served to restart commerce and trade beyond a localized level. This fostered the growth of industrial arcologies, and provided the impetus for the second and third generations of western civilized arcologies in general.

The end of the Second Dark Age is often credited to the warfare that was fairly common as the new arco-states began to grow and annex territory around them, reforming trans-local governments and administrations. Once the three North American states of the Commonwealth of New England, Great Lakes Republic and Confederation of Southern States joined forces, they quickly consolidated power, conquering several other states and being willingly joined by others. The connection to Europe fostered a similar thrust on 'the continent' but failed to garner the same success as in North America. The Reconsolidation War claimed old territories of the American Superstate, namely Caribbean Islands, and the African Nations. Some, such as Congo, and Nigeria joined willingly, the others were brought into the fold through military occupation. This action would go on to foster the formation of the South African United Republics.

30 years into the Second Renaissance, and the Building Boom, the Atlantic Federation had launched dozens of habitats and satellites into orbit, founded the Tycho Colony, and studded the Atlantic Ocean with dozens of Seacologies.

Strengths

The Atlantic Federation has as it's greatest strength it's Space Program. It is going to be the first true Extra-terrestrial power as eventually more of its population will live off of Earth than on it. It has the largest and strongest fleets of space craft and most extensive resource gathering and industrial operations off of Earth.

The Armed Forces of the Atlantic Federation (AFAF) is organized, experienced, well armed and well funded. It has large groups of battlemechs, power armor units, aerospace craft, supersoldier programs, black budget superweapons, space warships, and so on. 

The Federation has a strong esprit de corps, a patriotic propaganda system that is impressive.

The Federation also has a multi-pronged approach to the population surfeit. It has both cybernetics and cloning programs as well as robust motivations for traditional propagation. 

Weaknesses

The Federation's shoot first ask questions later mentality has created most of it's enemies and galvanized the creation of secondary NEGs, namely the USSA which loathes the imperialistic militarism of the Federation and the SAUR, which considers the AtFed an intruder in Africa.

The Federation surface/wet navy is surprisingly weak. There are almost no capital surface ships and only a few dozen capital submarines. This has allowed the Eurasian Alliance and it's sizeable submarine fleet to infiltrate the Atlantic Ocean with relative ease. The failure to consolidate Europe into one power has also allowed it to function as a gateway in an out of the Federation.

Size: The farthest reach of the Atlantic Federation is the Galileo Colony on Ganymede. Administrating, policing, and protecting this vast amount of space usually leaves the Federation spread relatively thin at any given time.

Enemies

The SAUR is the most common enemy of the AtFed and it remains in a near constant state of skirmish across central and south Africa with this nation.

The United States of South America routinely harass Federation operations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and mesoamerican territories. There is a good deal of animosity as the general consensus is the last time around, South America trounced North America.

Economic rivalries with the Eurasian Alliance, ACPS and PRC

Armas: a European nationalist terrorist organization devoted to upsetting Federation rule in Europe, and toppling the Pro-Federation monarchies there. 

Amerikka Command (Cobra): an American fascist terrorist group that wants to restore their ideal of America ('murica!). They have turned the central plains and Rocky Mountains into the Afghanistan of North America

Allies

The Kingdom of Scandinavia: intermediary and buffer state between the Federation and the Eurasian Alliance, remains removed from it's European neighbors.

Pacific Rim Coalition: the shared history of several PRC states (Alaska, Hawaii, Cascadia, California, Australia, New Zealand and Nippon) with the other North American members of the Federation ensure at least a non-aggression stance with the Federation.



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